Sunday, 19 Feb 2006
Dance and Genomes - Liz Lerman
Liz Lerman, founder and artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, was named a 2002 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She is known for her pioneering work in choreography and community-building. A gifted teacher, choreographer and performer, her work has redefined where dance takes place and who can dance. Her commitment is both to the art of dance and to the human element in art- making. Her company includes men and women ranging in age from the 20s through the 60s, each of whom is fully immersed in all aspects of creation, performance and teaching. In towns and cities throughout the country, her workshops have inspired local people--from shipyard workers to clerics--to participate in shaping and performing new work. Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities series. Master Class, 1:30 p.m., 196 Forker Building
Turkey: Between the Muslim East and the Christian West - Bulent Aliriza
Bulent Aliriza is Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he established the Turkey Project which examines Turkey's foreign and domestic policy issues. He is also Co-Director of the CSIS Caspian Sea Energy Project looking at the transportation of oil and gas from the Caspian region to world markets. Previously, he was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and also...
Monday, 20 Feb 2006
Buffalo for the Broken Heart - Dan O'Brien
Dan O'Brien is the author of Buffalo for the Broken Heart, a memoir on the history of bison on the northern plains and an account of the first two years following his decision to convert his South Dakota ranch to raising bison. He has been a teacher and a wildlife biologist, and is also the author of Equinox: Life, Love, and Birds of Prey, as well as the novels The Indian Agent, Brendan Prairie, and The Contract...
Tuesday, 21 Feb 2006
Mapping the Invisible Landscape
Panel: Debra Marquart (moderator), ISU Dept. of English;Thomas Rice, Department of Art, Kalamazoo College; Patrick Schnable, ISU Departments of Agronomy and Zoology & Genetics; Maya Socolovsky, ISU Department of English. Part of the Second Annual Wildness & Wilderness Symposium
Matters of Life and Death: "Harvesting" Animals
Panel: Stephen Pett, (moderator), ISU Dept. of English; Ron Andrews, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources; Stacey Brown, Wheatsfield Grocery Store; Joe Cordray, ISU Meat Laboratory; Dan O'Brien, novelist/memoirist and buffalo rancher.
Justice Across Generations: Environmental Ethics
Panel: Clark Wolf, (moderator) Director of Bioethics Program, ISU Dept. of Philosophy; Fred Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture; A. Whitney Sanford, ISU Religious Studies Program. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness
Nokomis: Voices of Anishinabe Grandmothers - Documentary and Discussion
In this Emmy-nominated documentary, author/filmmaker, Sarah Penman, has collected narratives from three remarkable Ojibwe women from Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. After the viewing of Nokomis, Penman will discuss her process and her other projects, including her recent book of oral narratives, Honor the Grandmothers: Dakota and Lakota Women Tell Their Stories. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness.
Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series - Al Hirsch
Al Hirsch is currently the Managing Director for the CTARCo International management consulting company, a leading provider of energy power management and market systems and services in North and South America and Europe. He began his career in avionics design and worldwide strategic satellite communications systems engineering and has managed joint ventures as well as large and small technology programs for both international and domestic government agencies and commercial businesses. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.
Can We Be Good Without God? - John E. Hare
John E. Hare is the Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University Divinity School.
Dog Road Woman - Allison Hedge Coke
Allison Hedge Coke is the author of two poetry collections, Off-Season City Pipe and Dog Road Woman, winner of the 1998 American Book Award, and a memoir, Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer. She teaches in the English department and the MFA program at Northern Michigan University. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness. 7-7:45 pm - The Bone People will perform jazz poetry, rhythm & blues.
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2006
The Elements and Imagination
Panel: Jon Billman, (moderator) ISU Dept. of English; Lee Honeycutt, ISU Dept. of English; A. Whitney Sanford, ISU Religious Studies Program; Scott Stevens, Meteorologist. Weather is our next frontier. This panel will dowse such subject matter as elemental energy, ethics and even weaponry. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness.
Race and Gender in the Classroom at ISU - A Forum
University administrators, faculty and students discuss strategies for dealing with issues of race and gender in the classroom. Laura Rendon, Professor and Department Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Connie Hargrave, Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction; and Engineering Dean Mark Kushner will share strategies for dealing with issues of race and gender in the classroom. Jill Bystydzienski, Director of the Women's Studies Program and Sociology Professor, will moderate the discussion with audience members.
Domestication & Eco-Catastrophe
Panel: Roger Gipple (moderator), Agrestal Fund; Marc Edward, Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Lonnie Gamble, Co-founder of Abundance Ecovillage in Fairfield, Iowa; Richard Manning, author/environmental journalist. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness.
Truth and the Strangeness of Fiction: How a Memory Becomes a Narrative
Panel Members: Matthew Abbott (moderator), ISU Dept. of English, Alicia Hernandez, ISU Dept. of English; Jenny Maddox, ISU Dept. of English; Julia Sweet, ISU Dept. of English. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness
Feral Zones in Urban Landscapes
Panel: David Zimmerman (moderator), ISU Dept. of English; Mira Engler, ISU Dept. of Landscape Architecture; James Pease, ISU Dept. of Natural Resource Ecology & Management. This panel will explore the notion of wildness in the urban landscape: what it is, what it means, and what it is becoming. Part of the Second Annual Symposium on Wildness & Wilderness.
It's the End of the World as We Know It - How Do You Feel? - Adrian Sannier
Adrian Sannier has held positions in several technology firms, including Schlumberger Technologies; Applicon, where his team created the first line of CAD software for the Macintosh; Cimlinc; and EAI Interactive, where he served as Vice President and General Manager. In 2001, he was named Stanley Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering at Iowa State University, during which time he was also Associate Director for the Virtual Reality Applications Center. Sannier became University Technology Officer at Arizona State University in 2005. Under a long-range technology plan in support of the New American University, he is currently identifying and applying new technologies to improve academic, administrative, and research environments. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.
Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization - Richard Manning
Richard Manning is a newspaper editor and investigative journalist based in Montana and southern Idaho whose articles have been widely published in leading publications around the world. He is the author of seven important books on environmental issues, including: Against the Grain: How Agriculture Hijacked Civilization; Food's Frontier; Inside Passage; One Round River: The Curse of Gold and the Fight for the Big Blackfoot; Grassland:...
The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs - Michael Ramage
Michael Ramage is retired Executive Vice President, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company. Previously Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Mobil Oil Corporation. He has broad experience in many aspects of the petroleum and chemical industries, and is Director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, serving on its council. This is part of the Sigma Xi Lecture series.
Thursday, 23 Feb 2006
At the Corner of Hip Hop and Feminism - Joan Morgan
Joan Morgan has written extensively about music and gender issues for Madison, Interview, MS, More, and Spin magazine, where she was contributing editor and columnist. Formerly the Executive Editor of Essence, she is the author of When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost. She was a staff writer at Vibe magazine for three years, and her work appears in numerous college texts, as well as books on feminism, music and African-American culture....
Saturday, 25 Feb 2006
Leadership and Social Responsibility - Angela Davis
Angela Davis is known internationally for her work to combat all forms of oppression. Her political activism began when she was a youngster in Birmingham, Alabama, and continued over the years in her work as a student, teacher, writer, scholar, and activist/organizer. In 1969 that she came to national attention after being removed from her teaching position in the Philosophy Department at UCLA as a result of her social activism and her...